Open Source and Free Resources for Educators Dr. Odin Jurkowski Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 11.06.2008

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Open Source and Free Resources for Educators Dr. Odin Jurkowski Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

2 Why Free / Open Source Software (FOSS)? Cost savings Focus on integrating technology rather than worrying about finding funds Student access to same tools at home Focus on concepts vs. proprietary tools Social justice / collaboration; Shared knowledge and parallels with science

3 Web Browsers Firefox US/firefox/ US/firefox/ Google Chrome Opera Camino Mozilla for machttp://caminobrowser.org/ Safari s

4 Office Productivity OpenOffice NeoOffice (Mac) AbiWord Google Docs for working onlinehttp://docs.google.com Google Apps Scribus Desktop publishinghttp://

5 Wikis & Blogs & Social Wikispaces pbwiki Blogger ePALS WordPress create your own blogshttp://wordpress.org/ Elgg create your own social networkhttp://elgg.org/

6 Communication Skype Google Talk AIM Pidgin multi-protocol instant messaginghttp://pidgin.im/ Jabber

7 Images Gimp (similar to Photoshop) Inkscape Vector graphics (similar to Adobe Illustrator) Blender 3D modelinghttp:// Google Sketchup

8 Screen Capture Zscreen Greenshot

9 Screen Casting CamStudio Wink Jing

10 Audio Audacity

11 Video Windows Movie Maker Jashaka Jumpcut online video editinghttp://jumpcut.com/ JayCut online video editinghttp://jaycut.com/

12 Web Editing Nvu KompoZer Amaya Bluefish SeaMonkey

13 AntiVirus Avast ClamWin Avira

14 Utilities Filezilla FTPhttp://filezilla-project.org/ CoffeeCup FTPhttp:// 7-Zip Ziphttp:// Wuala Social Online Storagehttp://wua.la/ FOG Ghosthttp:// OpenVPN VPNhttp://

15 Course Management Systems Moodle Sakai Claroline NineHub Free Moodle Hostinghttp://ninehub.com/

16 Library Automation koha emilda

17 Educational Celestia Spacehttp:// Stellarium Planetariumhttp:// Tux Typing Typinghttp://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ Typing Web Free online typinghttp:// Tux Paint Drawinghttp:// Scratch

18 Other Cmap Mind mappinghttp://cmap.ihmc.us/ FreeMind Mind mapping gliffy Flow charthttp:// Zamzar File conversionhttp://zamzar.com/ GanttProject GnuCash Account softwarehttp://

19 Continued… FET Scheduling softwarehttp:// Adeona Laptop trackinghttp://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html

20 References Lamb, A., et. al., (2006). Open-Source software in school libraries. Teacher Librarian, 33(5), Pfaffman, J. (2008). Transforming high school classrooms with free/open source software: It's time for an open source software revolution. The High School Journal, 91(3), Pfaffman, J. (2007). It's time to consider open source software. TechTrends, 51(3), Surran, M. (2003). Making the switch to open source software. T.H.E. Journal, 31(2), 36, 38, 40-1.

21 Contact Information Dr. Odin Jurkowski Chair, Department of Career & Technology Education Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Educational Technology University of Central Missouri Grinstead 120 Warrensburg MO